Gemalto Solution Provides 24-7 Interactive Facebook Access from Any Mobile Handset Even without a Data Plan

AMSTERDAM - Thursday, March 21st 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Regulatory News:

Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, announces that Tigo is the first mobile network operator in Colombia to offer mobile access to Facebook®, regardless of the type of mobile handset, using its innovative Facebook for SIM solution.

Gemalto´s embedded software application provides interactive, 24/7 access to Facebook from any type of handset, offering a cost-effective alternative for Tigo´s 6.3 million subscribers. Tigo´s users and potential customers will be able to enjoy the service, even without a data plan.

This innovative SIM with Gemalto´s software application provides Tigo customers with an effortless and intuitive use of core Facebook features such as wall posts and messages, friend requests, status updates an ... Read more »

Brazilian engineering company Archo landing at Florida Tech Research Park

MELBOURNE, Fla. - Thursday, March 21st 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Melbourne International Airport’s reputation as one of the world’s fastest-growing aviation manufacturing and maintenance hubs has helped secure another international tenant for the airport.

Archo Solutions Engineering USA, a subsidiary of Solutions Design & Engineering of Sao Paolo, Brazil, will establish operations at the Florida Tech Research Park at Melbourne International Airport. Company officials signed lease agreements earlier this month to open Archo’s first U.S. facility at the 100-acre research park, a partnership between the airport and the Florida Institute of Technology. The Melbourne Airport Authority approved the lease today.

Archo plans to create 50 jobs by 2016 with operations focusing on design engineering solutions in aeronautical, automotive and naval sectors, as well as production of ca ... Read more »

Polish Medical Products and Services Distributor Provides Strategic Benefits

ME Newswire / Business Wire

LAKEWOOD, Colo. - Thursday, March 21st 2013

Terumo BCT has acquired Medservice, a leading distributor of medical products and services to blood banks and hospitals in Poland.

Medservice has been a Terumo BCT distributor to blood banks in Poland since 2006. The acquisition provides Terumo BCT a direct relationship with Polish blood banks, to drive the further adoption of critical blood transfusion technologies that can improve the safety and quality of blood in Poland.

Key Facts:

    Medservice, with its headquarters in Katowice, Poland and a branch office in Warsaw, has been in business for 24 years
    Medservice has been a Terumo BCT distributor to blood banks in Poland since 2006
    Medservice’s main business segment is blood banks in Poland
    Medservice also distrib ... Read more »

Members can earn 1,000 Bonus Points per night during stay, plus an additional 1,000 Bonus Points for each Friday, Saturday and Sunday night stay

MCLEAN, Va. - Thursday, March 21st 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Hilton HHonors, the loyalty program for Hilton Worldwide’s 10 distinct hotel brands, today announces its latest global promotion, Daily Grand. Through the promotion, members can earn 1,000 HHonors Bonus Points per night during their stay, plus an additional 1,000 Bonus Points for each Friday, Saturday and Sunday night they stay, for a total of 2,000 Bonus Points per night on weekends. The promotion is valid for stays completed between April 1 and June 30, 2013, at participating Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts, Conrad Hotels & Resorts, Hilton Hotels & Resorts, DoubleTree by Hilton, Embassy Suites Hotels, Hilton Garden Inn, Hampton Hotels, Homewood Suites by Hilton, Home2 Suites by Hilton and Hilton Grand Vacations.

"Whether you’re a road w ... Read more »

DUBLIN - Thursday, March 21st 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Covidien plc (NYSE: COV) announced the results from today’s Annual General Meeting. Eight proposals were on the meeting agenda:

    Election of Directors
    Appointment of Independent Auditors
    An advisory vote to approve the Company’s executive compensation
    Approval of the amended and restated Covidien Stock and Incentive Plan
    Authorization of the Company and/or any subsidiary to make market purchases of Company shares
    Authorization of the reissue price range of treasury shares
    Amendment of the Company’s Articles of Association to expand the authority to execute instruments of transfer, and
    An advisory vote on the creation of distributable reserves for Mallinckrodt plc.

At the meeting, shareholders elected all 10 nominees, each of whom ... Read more »

UAE’s first deployment of Machine Identification Modules in Gemalto’s dedicated M2M solution


Dubai, United Arab Emirates & AMSTERDAM - Wednesday, March 20th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Regulatory News:

UAE’s integrated telecommunications service provider DU Telecom, and Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653), the world leader in digital security, announced an agreement to deploy Gemalto’s Machine Identification Module (MIM) in what is the first to deploy cutting-edge machine-to-machine (M2M) communication technology in the UAE market. Designed to make business processes more efficient and cost-effective, Gemalto’s Cinterion™ MIM cards will be integrated in all major M2M initiatives by du for a variety of end-markets, from oil and gas, retail, healthcare, utilities, to power management, as well as the transportation sector and will contribute to vast operational improvements in the region’s industrial sectors. The solution allows for remote machines to di ... Read more »